Fly-killer.



1). GARSWELL.

FLY KILLBR. APPLICATION FILFBD AUG. 23, 1912.

1,055,138, Patnted Mar.4, 1913.

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WITNESSES: 'INVEN'TOR:

BY mic 221. M fi I ATTORNEY.

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DAVID CARS'WTESIE FLIBKILLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

I "a tented M or. i illliiit To all re/loin ('1 may (amen/n:

Be it known that l] Davin (".inswinap, a ritizen ot the United States oiimerim, re siding at tilt; Joseph, in the county ol: Buchanan and Stateof lllissouri, have invented certain new and useful l mproveinents in ll'y-Killers,'ot \vhith the 'li'iliowing' is a specification.

The object sought by me in this invention to provide a device fordestroying llies and other insects whieh combines simplieity ofconstruction, dural'iility, low cost and adaptability to the purpose for\Vliit'll made.

accomplish my object by the pier-filament illustrated in theaccompanying iilrawings in which,

Figure I is a front view of the device showing a flap with foldedrorners and side edges, a' supporting handle, diverging arms within saidfolded corners and tubular rivets two of which are in 'engagenuvnt withthe hooked ends of the diverging arms: Fig. 3 is a detail of one of saidtubular rivets and Fig. 3 is one of said folded (:orners of the flapinelosing one of said arms the tubular end of a rivet inserted throughthe flap and through the hook on the end of one of the arms the tubularend ol the rivet spread and cru hed on the hook and the (Ollltl' oi theflap Similar letters refer to similar part: throughout the severalviews, A being the body of a flap made of wire cloth and ll is astt17-})0l'tlll2; handle therefor. Said. handhis preferably made ofasingle strand of wire its lower end looped, the body thereol twist edupon itself as shown in lfiig. l. the inner ends of the strand formingdiverging arms C (l, the tip ends ot the strand reversed forming hooksl) I), as shown in Figs. 1 and :l. The outer or top edge A of said flapA is selvapged to prevent fraying and the sides A A 01' the flap arebent. backward and folded against the body of the flap therebystiffening the samef Corners E E of the flap are likewise foldedbackward lapping each other as shown in Fig. l tornring a V shapeinelosure for said arms (l (l and hooks D D. F is a tubular rivet asshown in Fig. .2. Ineonstruoting the device preferably three'of theserivets are used.

Ordinarily l insert the riwts by means of a riveting' marhine whirhdrives them through the mesh of the llap sinmltaneonsl splitting orspreading the tubular parts f j' and mash ing them on said tohledi-orners lC ll, thereby engaging hooks ll l in rigid position withinsaid. loh'ls, whilethe third. or central rivet enfzagi'as with r-ornersill 1) passing through the wire cloth where the eorners lap each otherand also through the folded edges of both sides A A thus holding betweenthe rivet hea d and the crushedtubular end tluyreot' live thicknesses ofwire eloth. 'lly the eonstrm-tion shown and described the eonnei-tion olthe flap with the handle is rendered firm and durable while the llap endretains all needed flexibility.

What; 1 claim and desire to secure by Let ters Patent is,

l. A device for destroying flies and other inset-ts romprising a wirescreen ('loth flap, a wire selvage along the top edge thereof, the sideedges of the flap folded their entire length thereby stilleninp; thesame, the bottom corners of the flap it'olded backward the edges thereoflapping each other forming a ventral stitlenin a handle (Ollhll'lltlttlof a single strand of still' wire looped at the middle, twisted rigidlyupon itself from the loop to the flap, the diverging arms and hooksformed by the-ends of said Sll'iilltl, riveted through said llap andFolded rorners, engaging with said books also riveted through the lappededges and body and 'lolds oi? said tlap (ttt'll rivet i-rnahed upon thebark of the do v ire.

'2. in a wini-loth llap ha ring folded edges and a handle withdiverging, ends held within the folded rorners ot Milli flap and tubularrivets theret'or o'l inwardly hooked top ends of said handle to permitthe folded corners of said llap and said tip ends to be riveted togetherand a midway rivet inserted through the five ply thickness of wire.

Intestimony whereot'l alhx my signature in presence of two witnesses.-

v DAVID (ARSWELL Witnesses:

C. M. Armis, Maxim Mrroninln.

